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Question
What do you understand by population composition?
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Solution
People of any country are diverse in many respects. Each person is unique in his own way. People can be distinguished by their age, sex and their place of residence. The entire gamut of people residing in a particular place along with their growth, distribution and variety may be termed as its population composition.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A: Assertion: In the population pyramid, a broad base indicates a high number of children in a country.
R: Reasoning: Broad apex is an indicator of the high number of elderly in a country
Differentiate between:
Expansive population pyramid and Constrictive population pyramid.
Answer in detail:
Explain the rural and urban population structure.
A person who can write, read and do mathematical calculations in the country is known as ______.
Complete the chain
| Sr. No. | A | B | C |
| 1. | Expansive age pyramid | Low birth-death rate | High medical expenses |
| 2. | Constrictive age pyramid | Human capital | Unwillingness |
| 3. | Stationery age pyramid | Low number of old people | Demographic dividend |
| 4. | High working population | Problem of subsistence | Developed country |
| 5. | Migration due to drought | High number of old people | Economically backward |
Observe the following graph and answer the question given below
Question:
- Which region has the highest literacy rate?
- Which region has the lowest literacy rate?
- In which region does women fare better than men in literacy rate?
- Write a concluding paragraph about the graph.
- Which is the type of graph?
Observe the following graph and answer the question given below:
Question:
- Which type of the graph shown above?
- In which age group male percentage is highest?
- In which age group female percentage is lowest?
- Whose percentage is highest in 30-39 age group?
- In which age group female percentage is higher than male percentage?
Write short note.
Literacy and education
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Why do some states of India have higher rates of work participation than others?
Which one of the following reflected by Age-Sex pyramid?
According to the UNO, how many countries have sex ratio favourable for females?
Which country’s population shows a constant population?
Study the given graph carefully and answer the following question:
Intra-state Migration by place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
Inter-state Migration by Place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
What is the main cause of male migration from rural to urban?
Study the given graph carefully and answer the following question:
Intra-state Migration by place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
Inter-state Migration by Place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
Which stream of migration shows the lowest trend in intra-state migration?
The sex ratio in a country can be expressed as which of the following?
Which of the following is not a reason of unfavourable sex ratio against women?
Match the following and choose the correct option.
| Population | Pyramid shape |
| A. Constant population | 1. Perfect triangle shape |
| B. Declining population | 2. Bell shape |
| C. Expanding population | 3. Narrow Base & Tapered Top Shape |
Draw neat, labelled diagram:
Stationary pyramids
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Read the following graph and answer the questions given below:
Questions:
- Which region has a very less adult female literacy rate?
- Why the percentage of adult male literacy rate is more in the given regions?
- Why the percentage of female-male literacy rate in 2016 is less in sub-Saharan Africa?
- Write your own opinion about the adult female literacy rate with reference to the graph.
- With reference to graph which country would be advanced in social factors?
Draw a neat, labelled diagram
Pyramids of underdeveloping countries.
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
